Silently Writing
Chapter 339 A Heart-Wrenching Start, An Unbeatable Team
"Next to appear, never having beaten Sue in an NBA game...
Los Angeles Lakers' number 34...
Shaquille O'Neal! (Tactical whisper)"
(Live audience: Boo!)
O'Neal: "???"
No exaggeration, this was definitely the most unforgettable entrance ceremony O'Neal had ever experienced.
On the 17th, at the Air Canada Centre, as O'Neal confidently puffed out his chest, ready to step onto the court...
He never expected that the Raptors' home DJ, Martin, would introduce him in such a "warm" way.
And, what baffled O'Neal the most was...
Even with the Raptors' home DJ taunting him like this, he couldn't refute it.
Because, just like the heap of lines Martin spent a full five minutes introducing Su Feng with, aside from Martin's own added adjectives, weren't all of Su Feng's honors genuine?
And him...
The dignified Los Angeles Big Shark, hadn't won against Su Feng in an NBA game!
Whether it was the regular season or the playoffs, if O'Neal had won against Su Feng even once, he wouldn't feel as stifled as he did today.
And feeling just as stifled as O'Neal...
Was his partner, Kobe.
Because just now...
Martin had specifically added a line when introducing Kobe:
"—"Former Lauler Merion King Su Feng's right-hand man."
Kobe: O'Neal same question mark face.jpg.
Little question mark, do you have many little friends?
Very good, very good.
Raptors, you have successfully angered us!
Tonight, if we don't smash your heads, then we aren't the "OK" combination!
Speaking of which, on the court, just as Kobe and O'Neal were transforming, the big screen also announced the two teams' starting lineups for tonight.
Lakers: O'Neal, Horry, Rice, Kobe, Ron Harper.
Raptors: Big Ben, Little O'Neal, Su Feng, Carter, McGrady.
This season, the biggest change in the Lakers' starting lineup was that, because Derek Harper announced his retirement in the summer, Jackson used his connections to bring his former favorite general, Ron Harper, to the Lakers.
However, although the "skin" of the point guard had changed...
The role of this Harper and that Harper on this Lakers team was actually not that different.
Anyway, Lakers guards...
Those who know, know.
As for the Raptors, tonight, Battier also entered the team's regular season game roster for the first time this season.
Also, unlike in the past, although the Raptors didn't make any changes to their starting lineup tonight, they had prepared a "gift package" carefully designed by Davis for the Lakers in terms of team tactics.
And as the protagonist of this "gift package," until the start of the game...
Little O'Neal's body was trembling uncontrollably.
"Come on, Jermaine!"
Before the game, watching his teammates come up to pat him on the back and shoulders to encourage him...
He didn't know why, but even though his teammates were cheering him on, Little O'Neal just felt an indescribable sense of weirdness.
Especially when he bumped chests and high-fived Big Ben, Little O'Neal always felt that Big Ben's expression at the time seemed like...
He was mourning for himself?
No!
How could my thoughts be so narrow-minded?
Slapping his cheeks, Little O'Neal, feeling that he had just measured a gentleman's heart with the mind of a villain, immediately perked up.
However...
Just as Little O'Neal was showing a grinning expression to O'Neal, O'Neal, who was about to jump ball with Big Ben, looked at Big Ben with a puzzled expression and said, "Is this kid who hasn't been weaned yet crying or laughing?"
Big Ben: "......"
Uh...
Although it was unfriendly to complain about his teammates like this.
But honestly, looking in the direction O'Neal was pointing, Big Ben also felt that Little O'Neal's silly face didn't have any deterrent power at all.
On the court, after this little interlude, O'Neal and Big Ben's jump ball started the game.
O'Neal, who was a full circle bigger than Big Ben, easily won the first attack for the Lakers.
Harper was responsible for dribbling the ball across half court, and after dribbling through half court, he immediately passed the ball to Kobe on the wing.
On the court, as Kobe received the ball, the other four Lakers players immediately formed a classic 1-1-2 formation.
This was Jackson's classic "starting style" of the triangle offense.
And it's worth mentioning...
At the Air Canada Centre, after noticing that Kobe had matched up against Su Feng at the start of the game, the fans at the scene immediately started booing:
"Hit him! Kobe! Show us what you got!"
Kobe wouldn't refuse such a request from the people of Toronto, and even if he wanted to, his afro wouldn't allow it.
Dong, dong, dong.
On the court, after using a triple threat stance to trick Su Feng's defensive center of gravity, Kobe suddenly accelerated towards the right side of Su Feng's body with the ball.
However, just as Kobe was about to pass through Su Feng's defensive area, Su Feng blocked Kobe's path like a "king crab"!
"Whoa, Kobe's thinking a little too simply here. As the NBA's Best Defensive Player last season, Su Feng's defense isn't that easy to get past." Zhang Guidao said on Great Celestial Dynasty TV.
However, it was impossible for Kobe to hear Zhang Guidao's commentary.
Because in this league, who knows Su Feng better than him, Kobe?
The left hand suddenly releasing the basketball wasn't Kobe wanting to imitate some streetball king by performing a原地大陀螺原地大陀螺, nor was it Kobe choosing to give up at this moment.
And the left leg stepping out and suddenly retracting was only to better exert force next.
At the Air Canada Centre, as Kobe's body changed direction as gracefully as a dancer, at this moment, the move he used was:
————The Sam Cassell!
Moreover, it was a Sam Cassell modified by Kobe himself!
Because, just as Su Feng judged that Kobe intended to change his breakthrough direction with the Sam Cassell, following Su Feng's preemptive movement, Kobe's right fingertip had inadvertently flicked the basketball.
This was...
Sam Cassell connecting to a small crossover!
In Su Feng's previous life, as the king of one-on-one and one-on-two after Jordan, this kind of crossover was one of Kobe's signature moves.
He had even used this move to fool Jazz players in his future retirement battle.
Swish—!
On the court, after getting past Su Feng, Kobe quickly completed his shot, scoring the first two points for the Lakers.
2 to 0.
After scoring, Kobe also made a classic gun-drawing celebration, and then得意teasingly raised his eyebrows at Su Feng.
At this moment, his smug expression seemed to be saying to Su Feng, "Su, the times have changed"...
Alright...
Su Feng now understood why his 【God Slayer】 badge was set up like this.
Because in his opinion, this must be because the omnipotent system had predicted his future of being provoked madly in advance.
As the saying goes, the dragon-slaying少年少年 eventually becomes the evil dragon, and now, defeating Su Feng is simply a sure win for other outside players of the same era.
Look, isn't that afro from Los Angeles so popular because he's Su Feng's high school classmate?
gtmd Su Feng!
Are kings and generals born with a种种?
On the court, after Kobe scored against Su Feng one-on-one, it was the Raptors' turn to attack.
Just as Kobe thought that Su Feng would respond with an Answer.Ball, an annoying wall suddenly blocked Kobe's retreat on the court.
A pick-and-roll from Little O'Neal and Su Feng.
After the pick, Little O'Neal quickly retreated to the arc at the top of the three-point line.
And Horry, who originally wanted to switch directly with Kobe, focused his attention on Su Feng after noticing that Little O'Neal had retreated so far back.
But...
Pa——!
Quick as lightning, Su Feng suddenly passed the ball back to Little O'Neal.
Kobe: "???"
Wait...
Su Feng actually passed the ball?
At this moment, if Kobe's inner thoughts were translated into internet language, it would probably be "My youth has ended."
Outside the three-point line, after receiving Su Feng's average bounce pass, Little O'Neal adjusted for a full two seconds before tiptoeing and throwing the basketball.
Facts have proved that sewer-style passing doesn't require organizational skills or passing quality at all.
Anyway, it's the teammate's fault if it doesn't go in!
Swish—!
Although he had developed the ability to attack with long-range slow shots in the summer, Little O'Neal hadn't taken a shot outside the three-point line so far this season.
As a result, after he made this three-pointer, that O'Neal from the Lakers immediately lost his composure.
Why are we both called O'Neal, but you can shoot threes?
This tmd isn't fair!
2 to 3.
"Yo-ho, I didn't expect Little O'Neal to have a three-pointer up his sleeve. You know, there aren't many big guys like him in the NBA who can shoot threes." Zhang Guidao said in surprise on Great Celestial Dynasty TV.
In the late 90s, although many inside players had the ability to stretch the floor, there really weren't many big guys who dared to shoot threes.
Therefore, after Little O'Neal made this three-pointer, everyone felt that it was a novelty.
On the court, just as Su Feng and Little O'Neal high-fived and retreated on defense, Kobe immediately followed up, using his eyes to拷问soul-search Su Feng's soul...
Su, tell me, have you been possessed?
If you've been possessed, blink!
Su Feng: "......"
md, are you crazy!
What's wrong with passing the ball?
Am I the kind of player who's very ball-hogging?
Honestly, Su Feng felt that he had been misunderstood by this era.
Because tell me, in this Raptors team, who plays more as a team than him, Su Feng?
On the court, the Lakers attacked, and this time Su Feng deliberately let Kobe into the low post.
And aside, after noticing that his beloved Pippen had gone to the low post...
O'Neal, who was originally preparing to use his "Dawei Tianlong" to制裁the Raptors, had to retreat to the side dejectedly.
No way...
On this basketball court, there's only so much space in the low post. He, O'Neal, can't rush into the restricted area at this time and kick Kobe out, can he?
In Su Feng's previous life, Kobe and O'Neal had torn each other apart countless times, both on and off the court, in order to compete for the right to单打one-on-one in the low post.
However, as the saying goes, times change.
In his previous life, O'Neal and Kobe撕逼argued was after they had already won the championship.
In short, it looked like these two were sulking, but in fact, these two were also争夺competing for the "声望prestige cake" after winning the championship.
After all, neither O'Neal nor Kobe was the kind of personality who would be willing to be inferior to others.
However...
Now this Lakers team hasn't even won the championship...
Even one Su Feng is almost压得踹不过气來suffocating them, so even if Kobe has increased his number of attacks in the low post since the start of this season, O'Neal won't say much.
However, Su Feng lured Kobe to the low post not to provoke a war between O'Neal and Kobe.
But because Su Feng knew that even if Kobe's touch was against the sky tonight, his threat in the low post couldn't compare with O'Neal's.
What is the ability to read the game?
This is the ability to read the game.
By luring the enemy deep and reducing the pressure O'Neal puts on his own inside players, the choices and judgments Su Feng made in this short defensive回合round may not immediately show their effect, but as the game progresses...
The Lakers will gradually fall into the rhythm of the Raptors!
And this is, in the absence of a肉盾meat shield that can compete with O'Neal, in Su Feng's opinion, the best阳谋open plot to deal with O'Neal.
Guang, guang, guang!
On the court, Kobe, who once again obtained a单打one-on-one opportunity through the triangle offense, didn't stand on ceremony with his teammates.
Because even though this Kobe has always installed a pass button, he wouldn't miss this kind of rare单打one-on-one opportunity.
Plus Su Feng's innate嘲讽taunting ability towards Kobe...
Therefore, at this moment, don't ask, the only person in Kobe's eyes is Su Feng.
But...
Compared with the face-up breakthrough just now, Kobe's back-up in Su Feng's opinion is really...
Funny enough.
Wait, you don't really think your little elbows can knock open my big胸肌pectoral muscles, do you?
Wake up, this is the overwhelming power that even Artest despaired of!
(Artest: Who said that? I never said that. Oh right, who is Su Feng anyway?)
On the court, Kobe, who wanted to push away Su Feng to shoot, never expected that the one who would be pushed away would actually be him...
Fortunately, because of his recent long-term cultivation of double yoga with Vanessa, Kobe's flexibility has improved a lot invisibly.
So, in this ball, with his whole body about to lose its center of gravity, Kobe completed a twisting and fadeaway shot with an extremely high degree of difficulty!
If there were difficulty scores like in diving competitions for fadeaway shots, then in Su Feng's opinion, Kobe would definitely be the well-deserved king of fadeaways.
Because this ball, if you change to someone else, it's impossible to be as good as Kobe.
Bang, swish!
And the most amazing thing is, this kind of ball, can actually go in!
Tell me, what is youth?
For Su Feng, his youth in his previous life was nothing more than watching Little Yao打fight Horry the cat, watching Iverson race against the camera, watching McGrady open his eyes and destroy the world, watching Carter隔人暴扣dunk over people, watching O'Neal力拔山兮气盖世powerful and unparalleled, watching Duncan touch Ginobili bald, and...
Listening to Kobe's fadeaway.
But now...
It's gone.
Su Feng's youth is over.
4 to 3.
On the court, the game continued, and the Raptors attacked.
This time Su Feng still didn't run to the low post to干do himself like Kobe had expected, but took the initiative to pull to the wing baseline, patiently acting as a spectator.
A pick-and-roll from McGrady and Little O'Neal.
This season, although O'Neal's stamina is much better than last season, in order to maintain his dominance in offense, O'Neal still won't choose to come out on defense.
So, even if Horry can pounce on the outside, as long as the Raptors have a space-stretching inside player, then the Lakers' defensive area will be pulled out of a vacuum distance between the high and low posts.
However, in this ball, Horry didn't give Little O'Neal a chance. After switching with Harper, the Lakers' NBA teammates successfully prevented the Raptors' wave of pick-and-rolls.
On the Raptors' bench, John Davis, who had been sitting on the sidelines all night, suddenly stood up after seeing this scene and walked to Nash's side.
"Steve, get ready, you'll be coming on two minutes early tonight." Patting Nash on the shoulder, Davis said with a smile.
"Okay, coach." Hearing this, Nash also nodded乖巧乖巧sensibly.
Davis knew that if he wanted to complete the layout of pulling O'Neal out of the low post, then the Raptors had to be even more丧心病狂insane.
On the court, just as this Lakers-Raptors battle was proceeding to 7 minutes and 53 seconds left in the first quarter, the Raptors called a timeout.
After the timeout, just as Jackson was pulling Kobe and授機宜instructing him面授機宜...
Jackson, who was expecting Kobe to be able to调动the team's offensive momentum while吊打destroying Su Feng...
How could he have imagined that John Davis's变招change would come so suddenly tonight!
At this moment, D'Antoni and Rivers both cast admiring glances at Davis.
Because after the timeout, the Raptors withdrew the only inside defensive悍将general on their team.
Steve Nash is on.
Ben Wallace is off.
Little O'Neal is switched to center, and Su Feng is bumped up to power forward.
"Now, let's get Shaq running."
After the timeout, touching Nash's head and looking at the silly Little O'Neal, Su Feng said with a smile.
Tonight, Su Feng knew very well that the key to whether the Raptors could give the Lakers a head start was how well the "Toronto Soft Meng Combination" of Little O'Neal and Nash could perform.
Many people may not know a cold fact.
That is, in the future, after Nash went to the Suns and O'Neal went to the Heat, in the record of the交鋒clashes between these two people's careers, Nash won a total of 4 times, while O'Neal only won 2 times.
Although, O'Neal at that time had gradually aged.
But, just like how Little Yao in the future didn't like playing against the Suns very much.
Whether it's O'Neal or Yao Ming...
Point guards like Nash, coupled with a space-stretching inside player like Little O'Neal, are their nightmares.
Who said that you must defend O'Neal to defeat the Lakers?
In the case that O'Neal is already impossible to be defended, in Su Feng's opinion, taking a different approach is the key.
Do you know why Su Feng has always thought that he is a team-oriented player?
Because "team player" doesn't mean how many assists you can send out in a game.
But it lies in whether you清楚understand your positioning.
Unsparing defense.
Never backing down in crucial moments.
And injecting soul into the pounding of the chest.
As well as trust in teammates.
All of these added together are the true face of the "King of the North," Su Feng.
And now...
Su Feng knows that it's time to hand over the stage to Nash and Little O'Neal.
Shaq, come lose weight!
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